MEPs today sent a strong signal to the European Commission to back truly ambitious rules to reduce resource use, amid concerns that the Commission is planning on watering down its flagship piece of resource use and waste legislation. The Commission controversially withdrew its proposed package of legislation to tackle resource use and waste – known …
Joint mission statement on sustainable consumption and production: improving product durability and repairability
The Circular Economy and REACH – an essential partnership
Walking the circle – the 4 guiding pillars for a Circular Economy
Land as a resource – letter to the European Commission
A coalition of groups [1], including Friends of the Earth Europe, ActionAid, Birdlife, Oxfam and the European Environment Bureau have united to send this call to the European Commission to include work on land as a resource in its work programme for 2016. A European Commission paper on this topic was initially planned for 2015, …
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Overconsumption: a ticking time bomb
Our current model of economic growth is unsustainable on a planet of finite resources. Europe is already consuming more than its fair share of natural resources, with devastating impacts on ecosystems and communities. The availability of resources is, and will remain, a cause of conflict as the global population increases, middle classes grow and developing …